Tech Shares Buck Trend; Apple, Cisco Gain

The Dow industrials were little changed Monday, while technology shares provided a boost to benchmarks.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average hovered around zero, shedding 5.83 points, or less than 0.1%, to 15419.68. The S&P 500-stock index lost 1.95 points, or 0.1%, to 1689.47. The Nasdaq Composite Index, a tech-heavy benchmark, climbed 9.84 points, or 0.3%, to 3669.95.